I don't have 1.65v to select in my bios for my P3-700e CPU, WHY?

Detoyminador_

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from day one i've been running it at 933Mhz & at 1.75volts but now i've noticed 1.65v setting has gone missing from the bios, have i trained my CPU's voltage to be default at 1.75v???
 

BlueScreenVW

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Well... obviously your CPU likes the high voltage... :)

Honestly, Asus has a lot of problems with their voltages on the A7V too. It identifies my friends Athlon Thunderbird as requesting 1.80 V even in the newest BIOS, and also gives the chipset about 3.55 V by default. I think they're trying this trick to improve stability in general. Not a very nice thing to do, but quite understandable if you think about the voltage problems many cards had with Athlon Classic + Geforce. IMNSHO, they lower resistance and hope the system will end up at the right voltage when you start adding many peripherals and stuff...

:)